It doesn’t matter if they’re “coming for you next.” Even if your position and your privilege will ALWAYS protect you and everyone you love, it is your job as a conscious human being to fight for justice. That’s just the way it fucking is.
You don’t get to abdicate that responsibility.
A young girl’s death by suicide is being investigated by school police after her mother says she was bullied by other students who hurled insults at her, claiming her family was in the US illegally.
When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” please remember who the Nazi’s targeted first.
They wanted to make Germany healthy and “pure”
The Aktion T4 program mass murdered people with disabilities. They tested the gas chambers on us.
Please do not obey in advance. Speak out. Save lives.
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Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover DOGE-related expenses.
Peak insanity
Fuck these fucking racist, misogynistic motherfuckers, man.
A new directive from the Education Department, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
They’re trying to make it legal to unalive people who cross the border… please boost this information!
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Notably, all of the anti-trans executive orders make it demonstrably clear that trans people are a quasi-suspect class under the equal protection clause and gender affirming care bans like Tennessee's should be subject to heightened scrutiny (intermediate)—not rational basis review.
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
"would you please put that in writing" is how you pull off insubordination without actually being insubordinate. Very useful when you are getting sketchy (whatever 'sketchy' might mean) instructions from someone who might not want to take responsibility for it later.
signed, a former union steward.
I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
Without public knowledge, Elon Musk is serving as a “special government employee” under President Donald Trump, with access to sensitive information (including your SSN) and broad authority granted by Trump.
I'm gonna need them to drop a new season of Jujutsu Kaisen. I can only doom scroll so much...
Elon Musk is a Nazi. Full stop. Substack is supporting and endorsing a Nazi, days after that Nazi told the world he was proud to be a Nazi.
Decent people have got to leave Substack. Please. I'll follow you wherever you go, and I'm happy to give you my money wherever you land.
Those of you who know me fairly well already know about it because I shout about this so much, but it seems like there can never be enough shouting in this context.
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did america vote to stop suicide prevention efforts for veterans?
6 transgender active duty service members + 2 former service members who seek re-enlistment are suing over Trump's executive order on transgender troops.
God damn I hate it when people frame culture war issues as a “distraction” from the “real issues”
No, they aren’t attacking trans people to “distract” you from the real issues. The culture war is a central focus.
It’s a shit test, to see what you will tolerate. You let them walk all over us.
Maybe stop voting to confirm his nominees
I've been once and the water was a beautiful blue!
A judge told Dominguez she must petition the Labor Department for worker’s comp. Her lawyers maintain that rape does not belong on a list of job risks.
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If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
